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Mississippi Business NewsFri, 31 Jul 2015 20:53:11 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3State looks to contractor for prison transition serviceshttp://msbusiness.com/2014/06/state-looks-contractor-prison-transition-services/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/06/state-looks-contractor-prison-transition-services/#commentsMon, 09 Jun 2014 14:35:07 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=89933JACKSON — Mississippi’s prison system has turned to a contractor to expand services for people released from prisons, after the town of Walnut Grove blocked the state’s attempt to open its own transition center. New Way Mississippi, which provides 45 beds in transition centers in Jackson and McComb, is the only respondent to a request ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/06/state-looks-contractor-prison-transition-services/feed/1Department of Education gives schools waiver for Common Core transitionhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/06/department-education-gives-states-school-waiver-common-core-transition/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/06/department-education-gives-states-school-waiver-common-core-transition/#commentsThu, 05 Jun 2014 12:33:57 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=89769JACKSON — The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has approved a one-year waiver from school letter grades for the 2013-14 school year as Mississippi transitions to college- and career-ready standards and aligned assessments. The ED notified the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) of its approval of MDE’s request for a one-year transitional timeline, which will ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/06/department-education-gives-states-school-waiver-common-core-transition/feed/0Lucas to return to USM as search for Saunders' replacement beginshttp://msbusiness.com/2012/05/lucas-to-return-to-usm-as-search-for-saunders-replacement-begins/
http://msbusiness.com/2012/05/lucas-to-return-to-usm-as-search-for-saunders-replacement-begins/#commentsWed, 02 May 2012 14:44:34 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=56577HATTIESBURG — Former president Aubrey Lucas will be interim president at the University of Southern Mississippi while the board of trustees looks for a permanent successor to Martha Saunders. Lucas will officially become interim president July 1 but will begin the transition immediately, a news release from the board said. Saunders, who became USM’s ninth ...